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Re: Everything has a name

Bill; You are close...it's an alignment pin. A long tapered steel bar. Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

By Jeff Sankus · #95536 ·

Re: New resin kit for Hart Ballast cars...

<Did anyone send a private email to the second of the two addies that <Jack provided for contact info? I would like to order two but did not <get a reply yet. < <Victor Baird <Fort Wayne, Indiana I

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #95535 ·

Re: Everything has a name

"Drift pins", as commonly used in wood boatbuilding are not tapered, but are long straight rods -silicon bronze or galvanized steel-, with or without heads, that are driven in to predrilled holes

By dennyanspach <danspach@...> · #95534 ·

Re: Everything has a name

Hi; yes, it is called a drift punch,they are also used to line up bolt holes,saves a lot of hard work. ken chapin

By kenneth chapin <kenneth_chapin@...> · #95533 ·

Re: Everything has a name

Bill, It is most probably one of two tools. Its either a tapered alignment bar about 18” long with a 6-8” taper for 1/8-7/8” holes or if the holes are larger it may be a tapered spud wrench,

By Larry Sexton · #95532 ·

Re: Everything has a name

I was right, everything has a name. Thank you Dennis and Brian! Bill

By Bill Welch · #95531 ·

Re: Everything has a name

In structural engineering we commonly use a "Drift Pin" when alligning connections. I am not sure if the term translated to other fields. From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...]

By Brian Carlson · #95530 ·

Re: Everything has a name

If they are driving it through one of the holes, it's a tapered pin called a "drift pin". Dennis

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #95529 ·

Everything has a name

I have a photo of a diagonal panel roof being assembled. To align the rivet holes the assembly crew is using a tool. There must be a name for such a tool. Does anyone know? Could it be a simple as

By Bill Welch · #95528 ·

Re: Hand Brake terminology

It would hard for me to find another series of cars on the C&O that had racheted lever hand brakes (maybe flat cars or drop end-door gons) . . . the C&O standard was vertical shaft with horizontal 16"

By water.kresse@... · #95527 ·

Re: Motrak car loads

A mixture of sizes of any seed could be achieved by purchasing different varieties of the same type, or seeds from a different source, and mixing them. Rick Aylsworth

By gettheredesigns <rick@...> · #95526 ·

Re: Hand Brake terminology

Al Kresse wrote: Not for things like hand brakes, draft gear, etc., which could be chosen without regard to USRA approval. But the USRA in some cases produced cars before they had been

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #95525 ·

Re: Hand Brake terminology (was MTH USRA 55-ton twin hoppers)

Gene, There is a comment in PM Freight Car book that the PM 13000-13999 USRA cars might have had Perfection brand hand brakes. The PM cars were originally listed as GET 36517-37027 and

By water.kresse@... · #95524 ·

Re: sugar beet loads (was Motrak car loads)

JP, I dunno about beat seeds -- sugar beets always looked kinda like giant "yams" or sweet potatoes to me. real sugar

By Tim O'Connor · #95523 ·

Motrak car loads

On the subject of how to make a realistic-looking load for a sugar beet gondola, had anyone looked at ordinary beet seed, available in all garden stores in the spring season? It's quite close to the

By JP Barger · #95522 ·

Re: MTH USRA 55-ton twin hoppers

Ben Hom wrote LNE, P&WV: Neither road were allocated these cars by the USRA. I haven't done a lot of research on USRA 55-ton twin hoppers but the USRA allocations are not the whole story with regard

By Larry Kline · #95521 ·

Re: Hand Brake terminology (was MTH USRA 55-ton twin hoppers)

The problem stems from the fact that these may be the names of the holder of the patent, and the actual hardware may have been produced by several different vendors over the years. This appears to be

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #95520 ·

Re: Kingan's Meats

Larry, I have the Champ set, All I need to do is to find a suitable model for it. Rich Christie

By Rich C · #95519 ·

Re: SP Conductor's train book 1948-52

Thanks for posting this. First thing I noticed was how many non-PFE initials there are... not a huge number, but enough to notice in their variety... and within that set how few SFRD cars were

By Dave Nelson · #95518 ·

Re: Hand Brake terminology (was MTH USRA 55-ton twin hoppers)

The meager Blackall information in my files shows only ratchet hand brakes with a cap on the top of the shaft. "Cap" is Blackall's term, not mine. Design of the cap varied some on each of the

By Gene <bierglaeser@...> · #95517 ·

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